# Edith Michell

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'''Edith Mary Ann Michell''' (née Tapsell) (26<ref>1939 UK Census, Kingston-upon-Thames</ref> July 1872 in [Croydon](/source/Croydon), [Surrey](/source/Surrey) – 18 October 1951 in [Bexhill-on-Sea](/source/Bexhill-on-Sea), [Sussex](/source/Sussex))<ref>Birth, Marriages & Deaths, probate and burial records, e.g. http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/GraveRecords/jpgs/KingstonCemetery/BurialRegister12_1944-1954/Jpeg/pge00326.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309032326/http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/GraveRecords/jpgs/KingstonCemetery/BurialRegister12_1944-1954/Jpeg/pge00326.jpg |date=9 March 2013 }}</ref> was an English female [chess master](/source/chess_master).

At the beginning of her career, she twice won Redhill Chess Club championships in 1906 and 1909.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chess.consolidata.co.uk/redhillchess/redtrophy.htm |title=Championship |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107052550/http://chess.consolidata.co.uk/redhillchess/redtrophy.htm |archive-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> More than two decades later, she became the three times winner of the [British Women's Chess Championship](/source/British_Chess_Championship) in 1931 (jointly), 1932, and 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://batgirl.atspace.com/Sunnucks.html |title=Patricia Anne Sunnucks |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060613214315/http://batgirl.atspace.com/Sunnucks.html |archive-date=13 June 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She took 4th at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women's championship, Helene Cotton and [Edith Holloway](/source/Edith_Holloway) won).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter31.html|title=Chess Notes by Edward Winter|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref> She tied for 4-5th at London 1927 ([the 1st Women's World Chess Championship](/source/Women's_World_Chess_Championship_1927)) and took 4th at Folkestone 1933 (the 4th [Women's World Chess Championship](/source/5th_Chess_Olympiad)), both won by [Vera Menchik](/source/Vera_Menchik).<ref>{{cite book
 | author=Gawlikowski, Stanisław
 | title=''Olimpiady szachowe 1924-1974'' 
 | publisher=Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa
 | year=1978
 | pages=22, 63 (Polish edition)
 }}</ref>

She was the wife of [Reginald Pryce Michell](/source/Reginald_Pryce_Michell).

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